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Had a strictly average experience on this trip. was not very thrilled about the way the animals were kept. The "Elelphant show" after the ride was ....entertaining but nothing to come back for. Understandable cause these are animals and not clowns.

Everyone is holding their hands open for tips and they even tell you that you should give them 100 Baht. Everything costs extra, pictures, food for the elephants and so on. Would never come here again.

If you're looking for something different to do I'd definitely recommend this. Four of us had a brilliant afternoon at the Elephant Village and came away with memories we'll never forget.The price also included transportation from our hotel in Pattaya so it was stress free getting there and back.

I came here because it was part of my group tour, but if I had known more about it, I would have avoided it like the plague. The animals seemed to be miserable (they looked drugged) and the man who led us on our elephant didn't treat us much better than the animals. He went to light a cigarette while...
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Great afternoons activity. Elephant ride was awesome, raft trip was relaxing, Thai limousine (ox and cart ride) was great fun. Good Thai speaking guide who was informative and friendly. Only downside was Thai dancing at end. Fairly aggressive in pushing for tips that made my daughter uncomfortable. Excluding this without doubt 5 star rating

I thought it might be a sanctuary but was shocked to see riding of elephants here despite international condemnation of this in the global tourism community. Why Tripadvisor promotes elephants being ridden is beyond me. They have been tortured from birth to be submissive and "perform'
Really unhappy about my experience

I went here today!(20-09-2016).
The service was GOOD & Helpful.
However, there is some area that they need to improve. During our Elephant Ride, the guide is smoking & its not comfortable for those who not smoking!
All the staff are kind enough.
Will come back again.

I don't know if there are two or more 'Elephant Villages' because I agree with Andrew B, it was a wonderful place to visit, with time for any tourists to mount, sitting on the bare necks of the elephants for a short 5/10 minute ride.

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